Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 142c764151337686…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-07-01 18:23:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: ad35ae31d1e174174e250e1dcd84f4b3 SHA-1: 7159c36e2c34b66e615d77246bc1a9e206c185da SHA-256: 142c76415133768655eed26a6c64e582ece337b5e3c0ecf356a57eabc487118a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a potential phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure align with common techniques for luring users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/wulotutusexid.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c539df3c3be---ponur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ce37e481fe23596faff6429c4ae1fe5/podatofepexol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/97696801453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d8e75133b722a10c945bbfbeae64fdc/fodewosete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u6qisdqj2ggr902intuc51t0o5/78768108891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f297bbbb10---vukaponurot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/liguxitefilorajinabid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2ead2e636---81872301338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-isc.com/userfiles/file/fiwapapewobawerokijinuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/pakiwovafago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeguvietnam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/moduli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41e97cb915b7a2ad140825ef2eaa8243/bagazazowoxiwisubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4f8ddd0ad---34041791686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2fee224b4e---xifanopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vbbd1oqibh51crnevu1jjr7g43/xisodalitemon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteelephant.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1a9ffb4581f14623e22733eeceebd74/29322797345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fmi.lu/userfiles/files/84921974937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/thiejg4gl0bqu5i4odg6lep3s3/50556219788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5tefts08rjpn3icbmp697utk2/63159666525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5edea7e08a64dc25934374321da10262/54171155306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://win-sonic.com/kida2018/ck_imgs/files/3889051217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=the+purge+in+chronological+orderPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e9b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9B4 16144 bytes
SHA-256: fcca37035df06e555c2991ff65faa0e8497ca6423bee408ebc46b3aef925b516
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF2F 16540 bytes
SHA-256: 3e2b2d67e79eda5d57d5432920a7fd08298cb2ab530f502dd726ba67d26e8f35
font_02_sfnt_off00012a00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A00 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00014217.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14217 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 037ea98105b6caad970150eab6f44da611598bff96c300bfa6dda3e0254aba15